(1) This section
applies to the entitlement of a worker to income compensation for an injury
if —
(a) the
injury occurred before 1 October 2011; and
(b) the
worker’s entitlement to weekly payments of compensation under the former
Act had not ceased under section 56 of the former Act before commencement
day.
Note for this subsection:
1 October 2011 is the day on which the Workers’ Compensation
and Injury Management Amendment Act 2011 section 88 came into
operation.
(2) The entitlement of
the worker to income compensation in respect of the injury ceases on the
worker attaining the age of 65 years.